When God was taken out of normal, every day discourse, people began to be consumed by the lurking fear of death. No God means no higher unified morals/aspirations for people to put themselves and their lives on the line for what is considered “right” - they are so afraid of dying without a promise of a better place after that they wait and see who will be the first martyr to a cause. For God and Country is an empty platitude for a godless society.